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Try again, 275kms is 172 miles, 105 litres is 23 gallons. 172/23=7.48mpg, about what I would expect.

How about the Petwood Hotel near Woodhall Spa, 617 squadron's wartime officers mess with a bar dedicated to 617. Not sure about cheap but certainly good, you may be able to get a discounted rate. http://home.clara.net/heureka/lincolnshire/petwood-hotel.htm http://www.oldairfields.fotopic.net/c280523.html Don't forget to visit the BBMF at Coningsby while in the area.

Deliveries of FV12101 started in late 1954 and IRO 275 units were supplied. FV12105 was supplied to the RAF and used the same basic chassis/gearbox/axles but was fitted with a Rolls C6 diesel, 14.00 x 20 tyres, larger cab, fixed front wings and a heavy steel cargo/ballast body. It was rated at 30 tons and I seem to remember we decided that just 21 units were supplied.

It is known as the recovery mechanic's third hand, saves crushing your fingers when dragging snatch blocks and other kit about.:-)

I'm going Holme for Christmas.....

Totally agree with you Ben, AFAIK Stretty's J&K recovery has worn an Amazon badge from new, what I was trying to say was that Amazon was a variant of Crusader because of the CR100 on the data plate. So when do we get a picture of Ready Brek?:-D

C & U max width 2.5m or 2.6m if refrigerated to allow for insulation.

You are both right and wrong John, if you look at the Scammell data plate it is a model CR100 (100 ton Crusader). There are various stories about the Amazon name but Wynns CR100 fleet number 627 appeared at the 1977 Commercial Motor Show wearing a Crusader badge not Amazon.

AFAIK the Scammell/DAF MM 8x6 comes within C&U regs, the Foden IMM 8x6 is in a different league altogether, have a look in the Foden section.

Don't forget the Foden IMM is overwidth and does not come under C & U regs. You can get it registered as a locomotive which is currently exempt from plating and testing but may be subject to severe speed restrictions, from memory it is 20mph on any road except for motorways where it is 40mph. Check those figures as they may have changed or may only apply when drawing trailer(s), Antarmike would have the answer as he owned an Antar and pulled 2 trailers.

Theoretically the snow on your roof could be considered an unsafe load and subject to penalties. The artic trailer I drag about is over 13ft high 8.5ft wide and 45ft long, ten inches of snow on the roof would be a huge amount to have fall on a cyclist in a worse case scenario, but how on earth do I remove it? H&S prevents me climbing onto the roof as it is over 2m high, perhaps I should restrain it with several ratchet straps.

Congestion charge yes, LEZ is 24/7/365. However you only currently need Euro 3 which many trucks built in the last 10 years comply with.

Bumping a Saracen type vehicle up a bank every mile or so is an old wives tale, yes it will temporarily relieve the wind up in the drive gears but they will wind up again in a very short space of time. Suppose the tyres on one side are within 2% of each other, a not unreasonable tolerance for worn tyres. For each revolution, 2% represents 7.2 degrees, after 10 revolutions or circa 115 feet of travel it is 72 degrees and I doubt that even the most worn out Alvis 6x6 has anything like 72 degrees of play in the drive gears. Even with a 1% tyre tolerance the figure would be 36 degrees after just 115 feet. Once you get to a corner and the 3 wheels on one side follow a slightly different track it gets even worse.

Apparently it for recovrey whatever that is:cool2:

If you look closely the pole is not fastened to the chassis but is hard up against a beam that has been placed between the wheels. This helps prevent the casualty from being dragged towards the recovery and minimises damage to the underside of the bus. The top deck of the bus has also been rigged with struts to prevent deformation.

The idea of having a chain is to make the length adjustable for using the scotch pans either way up, normal for soft ground, upside down when on hard ground. The thimble goes to the scotch, the chain to the chassis hook.

If it is anything like the Foden front axle held on with double sided tape it will be a 2 minute job;)

Good point, except that you would not want to wait until the tyre was at 78% pressure before re-filling so it would take a bit longer at say 90%.

Many good answers including the smaller size of oxygen molecules but it assumes that you have 100% nitrogen which of course you don't as the tyre is full of air before you even start inflating it. The only way to ensure 100% nitrogen would be to fit and inflate the tyre in a nitrogen filled environment.

Interesting read about an Iowa turret explosion that killed all 47 men working within the turret. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Iowa_turret_explosion

Easy to be wise with hindsight but what did they expect might happen? Why not hitch the trailer to the running T and drag the failed one on to the trailer? Or even use the trailer airlines from the casualty between the two tractors? Result, 3 pieces of broken kit and the cost of recovering them. Good pictures Dave, thanks for posting.

Quite correct Mike, amazing how many people don't know that one.

- vans comprising a car chassis throughout and the car body-shell from front bumper to “B” post (the door-post behind the front-doors ;with, say, a box body behind), appear to satisfy the definition of car-derived van. In that case the Escort van would not come under CDV as the chassis and suspension aft of the B pillar is totally different to the car.

Good find Lee, that explains why I was ticked off by Mr Plod for 70 on a dual carriageway in an Escort van many years ago. I believed that the Escort was a car derived van which clearly in the eyes of the law it isn't.

Cosrec, looking at the Malcolm Bright Volvo, how do you now get it back on the road? I doubt you coud drag it sideways as the 6x2 recovery is parked too close, but if the second recovery pulled it forward would you not get to a position where the second machine would be dragged over sideways as it attempted to hold the casualty upright? Good thinking for removing the prop from the mixer while it was on its side, much easier than grovelling about underneath once it is on its wheels.